We are a church family made up of imperfect people whose common ground is found in wanting to serve the Lord, each other, and the world.

Jesus became flesh and moved into the neighborhood.

our mission is inspired by John 1:14. Dwelling Place Roanoke desires to not just do church, but to move into the neighborhood, become the presence of God to the people and experience the transformational power of God.

Dwelling Place Roanoke Pastors

David and Joy Fuller

David is a graduate of Virginia Tech and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Joy is a graduate of Texas Christian University and is currently working on her Masters of Religion in Middle Eastern Studies. They have been married for 33 years and enjoy life with their 3 children and their spouses. They served for 10 years planting churches and ministries in various inner-cities in the United States. David then served as youth and missions pastor at a local church. During this time they started an international missions organizations, Answering the Call, whose focus was to come alongside people who were suffering in difficult situations due to conflict or persecution.

After years of ministry, both domestic and foreign, David and Joy felt led to start a church in their own community.Their vision was a church family who loved one another well and would together live out Jesus’ mandate for the Church. Dwelling Place Roanoke began in the home of David and Joy in early 2012. Their passion is to see the Church rise to her full potential in Christ,praying as Paul did in Ephesians, “I pray that the eyes of our heart may be enlightened, so that we will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe....”